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- The New Jersey state legislature is poised to vote today Monday on a abortion bill that would further strengthen laws allowing citizens to end the lives of unborn children at any stage of pregnency for any reason see below
- Mishpachas Kamenetsky will be sitting shiva at 2018 Upland Way, Philadelphia, PA, through Sunday morning. Shachris 7:30 am Mincha 3:30 pn Maariv 9:45 pm.
- Maspidim at the Levaya of Rebbetzin Kamenetzky a"h, The R"Y Rav Shmuel, sons Rav Dovid (Yerushalayim), Rav Zev, Rav Sholom, sons in law Rav Shaya Shechter, Rav Tzvi Berkowitz, R"Y Rav Yehuda Svei, Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler Rav Yeruchom Olshin,Shlita.
- Covid continues to hit Roshei Yeshivos in E"Y. Mir R"Y Rav Lazer Yudel Finkel and ponovez R"Y Rav Berel Povarsky, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch R"Y Slabodka test positive for coronavirus.
-A group of frum mothers from Jackson spoke up last week at the Board of Education meeting telling officials about the challenges of transporting children to Lakewood schools. While they are getting aid in lieu checks, they blamed the BOE for their late notice in August that they will not be providing bussing leaving them with not enough time to arrange other options for transportation.
- The CDC director said today over 75% of “covid deaths” occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.
- Lakewood township officials vote to have free health insurance for life for committeemen that served for 20 years currently Ray Coles Menashe Miller and Meir Lichtenstein will reach 20 years in this current term.
- Lakewood Public Schools introduce Test to Stay program, allowing unvaxxed students preschool to12th grade to stay in school if they're a close covid contact and remain asymptomatic. (NJ12)
- Residents of the Brookhill neighborhood in Lakewood launch petition asking the township to implement Widening of E Kennedy Blvd From Milano Dr thru Twin Oaks Drive, Lighting & Sidewalks.
Tehillim for יוסף עזריאל בן חיה מיכל American bochur injured in Meron tragedy. When Yossi was first admitted, he was given a
tracheostomy to help him breathe. B”H Yossi’s breathing improved to the point where they removed the breathing device. Today Monday- ח׳ שבט (1/10)-, BeZ”H, Yossi is scheduled to undergo a procedure which would close the hole produced by the tracheostomy so he can breath and, IY”H eventually eat by himself and not by way of tube. Please keep him in your Tefillos!
Wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat's going on with this committee? Every other day we find out how they quietly take for themselves some from here and some more from there.. Why are they treating our tax dollars like their private piggy bank? They're already eligible to receive a government pension plan after retiring. Now they want to take even more for themselves and force us to foot the bill for their cadillac insurance plan until 120?!
I wonder why the committeemen settled for 20 years and not 30 years? Is it because they're itching to make themselves eligible now already??
They know they will be voted out soon and won't go too long after 20 years.
DeleteHealth insurance for life? Isn't that what Harold H. Said why Mike D'Elia was on the committee just for some free health insurance? Now we know why they are all on the committee and won't leave - free health insurance!
ReplyDeleteMayor Ray Coles assumed membership on the Committee on Jan 1, 2002.
DeleteCommitteemen Miller & Lichtenstein assumed political office on Jan 1, 2004.
These 3 individuals will qualify for this perk very quickly.
Committeemen Akerman and D'Elia began their political careers in 2011 and 2015, respectively. These last 2 individuals a few more terms to qualify.
Some of the committeemen are still young. If we're forced to pay their insurance bills until they're 120 years old, we will be paying out for each of them for another 70+ YEARS! That's besides taking care of whichever 5 committeemen are also serving at that time. Insurance isn't getting cheaper either..
DeleteWho came up with this ordinance? It's just totally nuts!!
This petition to widen Kennedy Blvd and add side walks makes zero sense.
ReplyDeleteOur land use boards posses great wisdom. They would never have approved the development of the Brookhill neighborhood if they didn't make sure that the proper infrastructure was in place.
The residents signing the petition are dreaming. They need to wake up to appreciate the wisdom of the Board that gave the developer whatever he asked for because it really does make sense.
This is the first I hear the Board being blamed for having "wisdom".
DeleteWhen did this development happen?
Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. But, they really are smarter than the rest of us. They got the position and not us. They voted themselves our money. They obviously know what they're doing, more than the rest of us.
DeleteOur land use board approved the development of the Brookhill neighborhood with parking on both sides of the street, We already successfully petitioned to make brookhill one sided parking only.
DeleteAssemblyman kean said he is voting no
ReplyDeleteWhat a chutzpah from the committee to help themselves with OUR tax dollars. Meir and Menashe how do you guys have no shame to do this?
ReplyDeleteI beg all of the commenters here. Please, please, find someone else to run next year for the township committee. Find someone who isn't looking to fight or make a stink, someone with a track record of helping others. We need to remove this stain from our community. It is an embarrassment to all of us that we allowed this to happen for twenty years, without actually doing anything.
ReplyDeleteIf you know a person, for example in your Shul. The person who when he sees something that needs to be done, he gets up and does it without fanfare. The guy who doesn't demand 'hakaras hatov', and sees projects through to completion. Persuade him to run for office, we need such people.
אין ממנין פרנס על הציבור אלא אם כן קופה של שרצים תלויה לאחריו
ReplyDeleteSome people are clearly getting too comfortable in office.
ReplyDeleteUsually, companies pay people the least that they have to. If candidate A will do the job for $50,000 and candidate B will do it for $40,000, they will choose the cheaper one.
ReplyDeleteWill anyone do the job of township committee member without lifetime health insurance? If yes, why pay more?
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ReplyDeleteEdicts like the one that was signed in today in New Jersey erases the entitlement for State existence. That is even though it was already essentially defacto for some years for some years as is what gives an estate the right to exist.
NJ and similar entities have been in precipitous decline for several years now
This shall hasten the Spiral downward as could be expected
Part of the audience here,though,deserves considerable credit for Attempting to limit the damage electorally this past November!
The abortion bill was a compromise. At first they wanted a bill to force insurers to cover all abortions. Now all it does is enshrine Roe v Wade in NJ law. It doesn't actually do anything.
ReplyDeleteRoe v Wade will be overturned. This will overturn the overturn in NJ.
DeleteEven if Roe v Wade will get overturned at the Supreme Court, the decision will have no effect in NJ, because unfortunately this has now become statutory law.
DeleteThe Republicans will never allow Roe v Wade to be overturned. They are the ones that have the most abortions.
DeleteNo, that's the purpose. If roe vs wade is overturned, then it's up to the state's.
DeleteShould we be worried about other crazy news coming out tomorrow about the Committee?? We really need a break between scandals.
ReplyDeleteRoe vs wade allowed the federal governemetn to dictate to states that abortion is legal.
ReplyDeleteIf Roe gets overturned, the states will be able to allow or ban abortion. So in liberal states abortion will be legal as the state house will legalise it. The supreme court has no bearing on NJ passing abortion "rights".
Kennedy blvd was supposed to be a Thru street from Squankum to the Parkway in Brick twp
ReplyDeleteLakewood has been vacating paper streets and giving them to developers for the longest time already.
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